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UNITED 'STATES "PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. PRIDMORE AND WILLIAM WEBBER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AS-

SIGNORS TO TI-IE MCCORMICK HARVESTING MACHINE CO., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS. i

HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION `forming' part of Letters Patent No. 712,409, datedOctober 28,1902. Application iiled December 28,1900. Serial No. 41,356.(No model.)

To LZZ whom t 17m/y concern.

Be it known that we, JOHN W.PR1DMonn and WILLIAM WEBBER, citizens of theUnited; States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented cer.

tain new and useful Improvements in Harvesters, of which the followingis a specifica-j against the various strains to which they are exposedin fieldwork.` Its objects are to sirn-I plify the construction ofthevmachinenwhile in; creasing its stability; tomore efficiently secureand sustain its component members in opera-f tive relationship andcounteract the disturb. ing forces to which they are subject; to socom-l bine the several mechanisms as to obtain the greatest possiblestrength with the least weight without obstructing the spaces which forthe purposes of themachine should `be kept open, and to dispensewithparts heretofore employed, while retaining or increasing theadvantages which they were intended to contribute.

In the accom an 1in r drawings Figure I is b D b a front elevation Vof aharvester embodying our invention, omitting certain portions of themachine not material for its illustration. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe same; Fig. 3, a plan; Fig. 4, a rear elevation; Fig. 5, a detailView from a cross-section on line m, Fig. 3, looking in the directionindicated vby the arrow; and Fig. (i, a detail View of a portion of thesupport of the binder and parts connected thereto as seen from theopposite side to that shown in Fig. l.

A represents the main wheel of the har-- vester; B, the finger-bar; C,the elevator; D, the binder; E, the bundle-carrier. Parts not requiredfurthe illustration of this invention are omitted.

l and 2 are the longitudinalsillson each side of the main wheel.

3 is a bent angle-iron secured at one end to the linger-bar and thenceextendingr across the front ends of the longitudinal sills l and 2 andfirmly united thereto, thence extending to the front end of thecrank-shaft, there bent to form an elbow, in which is supported the boxfor the crank-shaft, thence extendy rthe driving `mechanism, the bindingmechanism,"the'elevator mechanism,` and (when desired) thebundle-carrier. i On it are mounted the uprights 5 and 6,`carrying thefront of the elevator. J ust above its elbow is secured the bracket 7,in which is pivotally mounted the arm 8 of the bundle-carrier, which isfurther supported from the upper end of this bent cross-sill by thepivoted rod 9, thus constituting a truss-support for the bundle-carrier.The rod IO, extending from the elevator-frame to the upper frontend ofthe binderframe, cooperates with this bent cross-sill in firmlysupporting the binder in iixed relation to the driving mechanism.

l1 is a U-shaped tube extending rearward j under the elevator from thisbent cross-sill near its junction with the nger-bar, connected to thefoot of the elevator-frame both front and rear and to the rearcross-sill 12, behind which it bends upward, then forward, connectingwith and supporting the upper elevator-frame at both front and rear andhaving its front ends united by the upright 13, on which rocks the lever14, by which the machine is tilted. To the front lower end of thisU-shaped tube is pivotally attached a Vdraft rod and brace 15, whichconnects with the tongue 16, thereby exerting the draft, es-

pecially when the machine isturning, di-v IOC secure it to thelongitudinal sill and to provide a stable bearing for the crank-shaft inproper relation to both. This crank-shaft has its bearing at the rearend in a bracket 18, which fits into the angle of the rear crosssill andis extended to embrace longitudinal sill 2 and aord a bearing thereonfor the, driving-shaft 19, being also secured to sill 2 I and rearcross-sill l2 at their point of intersection, and to sill 2 in .front ofshaft l9it affords, in connection with the front bracket and itssupports, a simple but effective means of maintaining the crank-shaftand drivingshaft free from cramping strains and of unitl The lateral oring and bracing the two sills. cross sills are formed ot' angle-iron,with their inner faces fitting over the ends of the hollow longitudinalsills l and 2, thus serving to "close the ends of these hollow sillswhile afand the platform,and braces these parts upon each other.

2l is a rod extending from the top of the elevator-frame to thebinder-supporting post 22.

-25 is the 'sliding tube of the binder, which is supported in a bracketon the upper end of sill 3 and slides on the antifriction-Wheel 24,mounted in said bracket, as, shown in Fig. 6. vBy this construction, ofwhich the U- shaped element uniting and supporting the mechanismslongitudinally and vertically and the front bent cross-sill uniting andsupporting them `,laterally and vertically are the dominatingfeatures,we secure great strength and rigidity in the composite machineand dispense with many ,parts before required, while securing betterresults.

We claim- 1. In combination with the U-shaped longitudinal and verticalsupport, the draft and brace rod attached to the front of the lower armand extending thence to the pole, for the purpose described.

2. In combination with the U-shaped longitudinal and vertical support,the upright uniting its front ends, and the tilting lever mountedthereon, substantially as'described.

3. The combination Vof the vfron-t cross-'silt bent upward and forming asupport 'for the binding mechanism, the'bracket mounted on the upwardbend thereof adapted -to pivotally support a bundle-carrier, abundle-carrier, and a rod pivotally connected vto said upward bend abovesaid bracket and to the bundle-carrier, substantially as described.

4C. In combination with the cutting, vbinding and bundle-carryingmechanism-cfa har- Vester, the front cross-sill connecting `the same,and a bracket mounted on an upward extension of said sill having asliding bearing for the binder and a pivoted connection for a rodextending therefrom to and supporting the bundle-carrier, substantiallyas described.

JOHN W. PRIDMOR'E.

WILLIAM WEBBER.

Witnesses:

R. B. SWIFT, EDWARD A. JOHNSTON.

